As buildings get taller, your entire living experience might actually take place in a building, according to futurist Ian Pearson, a fellow at the World Academy for Arts and Science.

Both Pearson and a report released by Samsung called the SmartThings Future of Living Report think advancements in the way we do construction and the building materials we use will result in taller buildings.

Pearson said this could result in buildings becoming their own mini cities.

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"We might have... thousands of people living in a single building as a self-contained city," Pearson told Tech Insider.

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But if heights aren't your thing, you could live underground.

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The Samsung report envisions people will live in subterranean structures called Earth Scrapers in 100 years.

There's actually a planned Earthscraper for Mexico City, which would be an upside-down, 65-story pyramid. But we haven't heard anything about the project since the schematics were released in 2011.